Moment of Truth

By Lisa Scottoline

Book Number 5 in the Rosato and Associates Series.

When Jack Newlin comes home to find his wife dead on the floor of their elegant dining room, he’s convinced he knows who killed her – and determined that the murderer should escape detection. Making a split-second decision, he sets about doctoring the evidence in order to frame himself for the crime. And to hammer the final nail in his coffin, he hires the most inexperienced lawyer he can find: Mary DiNunzio of Philadelphia law firm Rosato and Associates. Unfortunately for Jack, hiring Mary could turn out to be a big mistake. Inexperienced she may be, but Mary soon discovers that instead of defending a guilty client who claims to be innocent, she has an innocent client falsely proclaiming his guilt.

First Published: 2000

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This book is in the following genres: Mystery, Suspense, Thriller

Robert Tanenbaum

The NEW YORK TIMES bestselling author of the Butch Karp novels, Robert Tanenbaum lives in Beverly Hills, California. The former Homicide Bureau Chief in the New York District Attorney’s Office, Tanenbaum is also one of America’s most successful and famous trial lawyers – who has never lost a felony case yet – and former two-term mayor(…)

Cleo Coyle

Joint pseudonym of the husband-and-wife writing team Alice Alfonsi (real name: Rosemary Grace) and Marc Cerasini. They were born and raised in Pitssburgh. They met in New York and were married in Las Vegas. They are the creators of Clare Cosi, manager of New York’s historic Village Blend Coffee house.

Janet Evanovich

Janet Evanovich now lives in New Hampshire but, like Stephanie Plum, grew up in New Jersey. She has won major crime fiction awards for her Stephanie Plum novels.

John Grisham

Long before his name became synonymous with the modern legal thriller, John Grisham was working 60-70 hours a week at a small Southaven, Mississippi law practice, squeezing in time before going to the office and during courtroom recesses to work on his hobby — writing his first novel. Born on February 8, 1955 in Jonesboro,(…)

Michael Robotham

Before writing full-time, Michael was an investigative journalist in Britain, Australia and the US. He is the pseudonymous author of 10 best-selling non-fiction titles, involving prominent figures in the military, the arts, sport, and science. Michael lives in Sydney with his wife and 3 daughters.

Scott Turow

Scott Turow is an attorney and an author. Scott has been married to Annette Turow, a painter, since 1971. They have three children. The family lives outside Chicago. Photo credit: Jeremy Lawson Photography

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